Nationalist troops in parade, Madrid, may 19 1939.
Note, in the military crowd, among the most Spanish, many Italian soldiers of CTV and some German of Legion Condor.
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Desfile de la Victoria

The Dutch submarine O 19.When it was built,it was perhaps the best submarine in the world.It served with distinction through the war,being lost in 1945 when it ran on an uncharted reef.It's crew was rescued by an American sub.Greetz,brummbar

The first international attempt to thwart fascism....Members of the Republican forces &quot;International Brigades&quot; sing &quot;the Internationale,&quot; perhaps together for the last time, while facing both disbandment and defeat...many of whom were themselves volunteers from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy....

Spain, a prelude to WWII, also largely showed the fragility of an allied caused, troubled with fragmentation and varying ideologies, against a collective, but largely homogenous, fascist foe...

-Spain, 1938

(Photo by Robert Capa)